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I am still a victim of chess. It has all the beauty of art - and much more. It cannot be commercialized. Chess is much purer than art in its social position.

Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them.

Chess is my life, but my life is not chess.

Chess has given me a lot more than I could ask for. I have been able to feel special, travel the world and do what I truly enjoy. Moreover, chess players love being their own boss and hate having to wake up early!

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.

Chess is intellectual gymnastics.

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess.

Chess is life.

I don't play chess with my life, ya' know.